Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of Transit Passengers who are Eligible for a Special Purpose Visa IMMI 14/029 (Cth)

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Migration Regulations 1994

TRANSIT PASSENGERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE VISA

(Paragraph 2.40(1)(n))

I, SCOTT MORRISON, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under paragraph 2.40(l)(n) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):

  1. REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 13/053, signed on 24 May 2013 specifying transit passengers for the purposes of paragraph 2.40(1)(n) of the Regulations; AND

  1. SPECIFY each class of persons specified in clauses (a) to (d) of the schedule to this instrument as a class of persons for the purposes of paragraph 2.40(1)(n) of the Regulations.

This Instrument, IMMI 14/029, commences on 9 May 2014. 

Dated  17.4.2014

Scott Morrison

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

SCHEDULE

(a)        Citizens of the following foreign countries:

Andorra Japan Republic of South Africa
Argentina Kiribati Republic of Marshall Islands
Austria Latvia Samoa
Belgium Liechtenstein San Marino
Brunei Lithuania Singapore
Canada Luxembourg Slovakia
Cyprus Malaysia Slovenia
Czech Republic Malta Solomon Islands
Denmark Mexico South Korea
Estonia Monaco Spain
Federated States of Micronesia Nauru Sweden
Fiji Netherlands Switzerland
Finland New Zealand Thailand
France Norway Tonga
Germany Palau Tuvalu
Greece Oman United Arab Emirates
Hungary Papua New Guinea United Kingdom (including its colonies)
Iceland Philippines United States of America
Indonesia Poland Vanuatu
Ireland Portugal Vatican
Italy Qatar

(b)       Residents of Hong Kong holding Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) passports or British National Overseas (BNO) passports.

(c)        Residents of Taiwan holding a passport issued by the authorities of Taiwan (other than passports purported to be official or diplomatic passports).

(d)       Diplomatic passport holders, excluding holders of:

Arab Non-National Passports; and

Diplomatic passports from the following foreign countries:

Afghanistan Jordan Russian Federation
Algeria Kuwait Saudi Arabia
Angola Lebanon Sierra Leone
Bahrain Libya Somalia
Comoros Madagascar Sudan
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Mauritania Syria
Egypt Morocco Tunisia
Iran Pakistan Zimbabwe
Iraq Republic of Yemen
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